Moldova
Compared with Egypt, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Egypt = 1×
Moldova
vs
Egypt
Overall verdict
Moldova is about 3.59× Egypt.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Egypt = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Egypt. A bar running right means Moldova is pricier; running left means cheaper. The thin bar behind shows the range from the cheapest to the priciest item in that category.
← Cheaper than Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Moldova is pricier →
Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Moldova is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Moldova, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 7.8× what it does in Egypt — but Big Mac costs only 1.5×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×7.78Moldova
EGP 8.46
USD 0.179Egypt
EGP 1.09
USD 0.023
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×4.13Moldova
EGP 78.42
USD 1.66Egypt
EGP 18.99
USD 0.402
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×3.58Moldova
EGP 79.50
USD 1.683Egypt
EGP 22.20
USD 0.47
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Big Mac 1 burger ×1.55Moldova
EGP 193.27
MDL 70Egypt
EGP 125.00
EGP 125
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+35%
in MDL
52 → 70
52 → 70
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+326%
in EGP
It rose 35% in local currency, but 326% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Moldova's inflation.
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